Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn today visited Houhai Core District, Dachong Village Renovation Development and the Dasha River Ecological Corridor Development to inspect how Shenzhen’s Nanshan District is developed.

Representatives from the People’s Government of Nanshan District and the developer shared their experience in developing the local areas through a district-wide coordinated approach, including the application of innovative ideas to transform old districts into new development areas which integrate industries, culture, commercial activities, education and residential functions as well as to convert a polluted river into an ecological corridor.

Under this approach, a single developer would, in accordance with the spatial and industrial planning by the People’s Government of Nanshan District, undertake various tasks including clearance and compensation, detailed design, construction, operation of commercial and residential properties, and management of newly built community facilities, with a view to enhancing the efficiency and coherence of district development.

Noting that the Northern Metropolis will integrate quality life, development of industries, and culture and leisure, the development chief said the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government will adopt a development model of high efficiency and quality, taking into account Hong Kong’s actual circumstances and making reference to the experience of other places in the transformation of old districts.